> > This is useful in conjunction with PL/Proxy and similar RPC-type
> > setups. On the frontend/proxy instances you only create the type, and
> > the backend instances you create the storage for the type, and the
> > database system would give you a little support keeping them in sync.
> > Think interface and implementation.
>
> Not sure I see why this is good. Why is issuing CREATE TYPE so much
> easier than using CREATE TABLE? Is it worth the extra syntax and code to
> support it? Can we do anything additional as a result of this? Is this
> required by the standard or are we going past the standard?
+1. I'd like to hear from Peter why this is neccessary in the first
place.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan